#B1A138#B1A138

#B1A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1A138
RGB	rgb(177, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -6.43, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 54.84, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0227 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.5915, 35.1238, 8.8561)
Luminance	0.3512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1A138 #3848B1

analogous

#B16438 #B1A138 #84B138

triadic

#B1A138 #38B1A1 #A138B1

tetradic

#B1A138 #38B164 #3848B1 #B13884

square

#B1A138 #38B164 #3848B1 #B13884

split-complementary

#B1A138 #3884B1 #6438B1

monochromatic

#544C1B #837729 #B1A138 #CBBC5B #DACF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#B1A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#B1A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1A138

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1A138	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccbc74',
    500: '#b1a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1a138;
$custom-light: #ccbc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1A138

secondary

#818AC4

accent

#5FDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#141209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1A138

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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